Combination stock and box car.



E. B, HAYMES. COMBINATION STOCK AND BOX CAR.

APPLICATION FILED MAYL. 1912.

Patented May 6, 1913.

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GOMBINATIM T STOCK AND EQX CAR. APPLICATION FILED MAY 1912.

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Patented May 6, 1913. A

m l M line my invention as applied in n freight car, readily adapts theseine t e he used a closed box can: for general freight or to bespeedily lransfin-med into a substantially efien em" for thel'rnnsportatien of live stock.

nn) he eh'eeled in a lnrnnenl s time lay merely lllll')'\Vlll theoperating lever hmn nne 0:? its posilim'is to the oil t l whereby llheslai's'rm one 0' the ear and :11 one (side of the d001- mny be operatedsimulleneensly and imlejbendenicly I (Hi side (if the Cill' 01' 0f theslats on the same side if ear but on the other side of the n hile lhe:wemnpnnying: drawings illus- 1 wind 1 believe in be the pi'el ri'edeminnent of my inven ion. ill in he undersleed that the invention notlimited therelmbnt hal 'nrious changes may he made in l'heeenslwnelimn-ari'nngen'iem and propertions of the pulls willn'ml(lkljzllllllli' l i'mn l-he scope of he invenl'iun, as defined in likeappended claims. l

Having ihns (l filifflllfljll lhe inx'mninn, l claim:

1, In a l'fllllbll'lflllfin sleek and he); em". vertically SiiH'HflKlrelatively fixed slats. 1Ii\!\'- :dileislnls inn-rpnsed helween thelixed slnls and hingedly ennneetwl lhez'elo, (lllllk rods 21 shall- 10\Yhir-h the crank red are wmnetted, HHEIHS lint lnrnilipg said shal innie've l'he ei'nnlc l'ndsn'linli inemhem pimlnlly e-h nz'im i'ed u: the(wink rods, sloll ed link ineinhers eenneeied to lhcn'lm'nhle slnlsgindpins connected to the first nznned link members and n'n n hle in lheslots elf lhe second nnn'ied link members.

2. ln s euinhineliun sleek and lmX (1:112

will} ommsile the movable shells in unison to and from a means;

bers carried by the movable slats, link Enem hers having :1 slidingconnection with the first named link members in the slots of the latter,link rods pivotally connected to the ond named. link members, a crankshaft mn'ineeled to the link rods, and means for turning said (flllllishaft, for the purpese specified.

f-l. In a combination steel; and box can." vei l'ieallyspaced fixedslats forming the E83. side, other slats having n Width correspondings-znhslmniully to she space between the fixed and. hinged along theirlower edges in she fixed slats, and means i0 swing pesiiinn to close theinlei'spnces said means eemprlsing a reek shaft n'ionnled 0n the em sideabove the slats, emnl: {UIUS carried by said shell, other crank armsmounted on the 1211' below the slatted space and in verlieal:ilinei'i'ient with the upper crank arms, ('l'illlli rods connecting lhe\Cl'llet lly nlined emnl; arms and bridging lhe space between the samenlwce the hinged SllLlS, links conneel inn the hinged slats and crankrod: and emnprising uneinenihei' secured in the SllLl end having.p'lurned sloll'ed marginal hinges and :1 second member hinged to thered and having perlernled nnu'ginal flzn'iges inking inln lhe spacebetween the llzn'iges of the iii-s1 nienihei' and n pin disposed withinthe pei'fnmliens and. slots to con nee; The said nieinl'iers, and anoperating l0;('1 arranged to rock the shaft to open and dose The slats.

in leslin'iony whereof I hereunto allix iny signnlni'i'e in the presence01 twn Witnesses.

ELlVlE R. ll-IAYidES. W ilnesses G. l lV'ISlG, l lloi-ncn'rsoN.

